Business demography

In 2017, the number of real births was 276,890, 20,000 less than in 2016. After the positive trend recorded in the last 5 years, the […]

The wealth of Italian households and non-financial corporations

The wealth estimates compiled by Istat and the Bank of Italy released as of today provide a comprehensive description of the assets held by households […]

Wage inequality indices in small enterprises

Istat disseminates the results of the estimates produced by an experimental database – obtained from the integration of different LEED type sources (Linked Employer-Employed Data) […]

Innovation in enterprises

In 2014-2016, 47.8% of Italian enterprises with at least ten persons employed undertook innovation activity. As compared to the previous period 2012-2014, the propensity to […]

Consumer and business confidence

With regard to the consumer survey, the confidence climate in May 2018 decreased from 116.9 to 113.7. All components worsened: economic, personal, current and future […]

Consumer and business confidence

With regard to the consumer survey, the confidence climate in April 2018 decreased from 117.5 to 117.1. The economic and future components improved (from 141.9 […]

Competitiveness of productive sectors

On the occasion of the presentation of the 2018 Report, Istat created an infographic on competitiveness of productive sectors. Click the image to download pdf […]

Enterprises and environment

In 2015 the environmental protection expenditure for industry was 1,405 million of euros of which 979 million of euros were investments in equipment and plant […]

Multinational enterprises

In 2015, there were 14,007 foreign affiliates resident in Italy. These enterprises employed 1.3 million  persons, generated a turnover of 530 billion  euros and a […]

New entrepreneurs and high growth enterprises

The expansion of the social, economic and statistical information is carried out from the integration of multiple administrative and statistical sources. This allows to define […]